Trial reportSchool psychology quarterly : the official journal of the Division of School Psychology, American Psychological Association2015
An integrated approach to universal prevention: Independent and combined effects of PBIS and SEL on youths' mental health.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), third-wave CBT and interpersonal therapy (IPT) based interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Evidence Base Update on the Assessment of Irritability, Anger, and Aggression in Youth.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Pooled it
- A Pre-Implementation Enhancement Strategy to Increase the Yield of Training and Consultation for School-Based Behavioral Preventive Practices: a Triple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Trial
- Longitudinal changes in quality of life and psychosocial problems of primary school children in a deprived urban neighborhood over the course of a school-based integrated approach.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Examining the Differential Effects of a Universal SEL Curriculum on Student Functioning Through the Dual Continua Model of Mental Health.The journal of primary prevention · 2019Trial
- Development and Evaluation of a University-Based External Coaching Program for School Behavioral Health.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Understanding the Use of Social and Emotional Learning in Elementary Schools: A Theory of Planned Behaviour Perspective.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Universal, school-based transdiagnostic interventions to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing: a systematic review.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Review
- Holistic Functioning from a Developmental Perspective: A New Synthesis with a Focus on a Multi-tiered System Support Structure.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Article
- Systematic braiding of Smoke-Free Home SafeCare to address child maltreatment risk and secondhand smoke exposure: findings from a pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Translating School Faculty Experiences Using PBIS into Recommendations for Practice.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescents: An Opportunity to Build Resilient Systems.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2023Article
- Is school safety mainly about school shootings? Research-informed guidance for the field.Preventing school failure : alternative education for children and youth · 2023Article
- A Large-Scale Naturalistic Evaluation of the AIM Curriculum in a Public-School Setting.Behavior analysis in practice · 2022Article
- The Effects of TIME-IN on Emotion Regulation, Externalizing, and Internalizing Problems in Promoting School Readiness.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- A Multidimensional, Multi-tiered System of Supports Model to Promote School Attendance and Address School Absenteeism.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2020Review
- Gathering Diverse Perspectives to Tackle "Wicked Problems": Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Educational Placement.American journal of community psychology · 2020Article
- Predicting School Suspension Risk from Eighth through Tenth Grade Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.Contemporary school psychology · 2019Article
- What Constitutes High-Quality Implementation of SEL Programs? A Latent Class Analysis of Second Step® Implementation.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
- Examining Effectiveness of Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Externalizing and Internalizing Disorders in Urban Schools.Behavior modification · 2016Article
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Abstract
Mental health among children and adolescents is a growing national concern and schools have taken center stage in efforts to prevent problems and promote wellness. Although research and policymakers support the integration of mental health services into the schools, there is limited agreement on the ways to package or combine existing supports to achieve prevention-oriented goals. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) are 2 of the most widely adopted, evidence-based approaches that have been advocated to address student mental health. These universal prevention approaches, however, stem from different theoretical camps and are often advocated and implemented apart from one another. The purpose of this study was to examine the independent and combined effects of PBIS and SEL on student mental health outcomes. A quasi-randomized control design at the classroom level was used to make comparisons across 4 conditions: business-as-usual (BAU), PBIS alone, SEL alone, and COMBO condition with regard to their acceptability to teachers, integrity of program delivery, and student outcomes. As predicted, the COMBO condition produced significantly greater improvements in overall mental health and reductions in externalizing behaviors when compared to all other conditions. The results also indicated that the PBIS- and SEL-only conditions were both able to produce significant improvements in overall mental health functioning as compared with the BAU control. The implications of an integrated approach for school-based universal prevention and directions for future research are discussed.
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